Birks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 90
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 143
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 33
Essex 6
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 155
Leicestershire 25
Lincolnshire 24
London 81
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 88
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 28
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 14
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 582
Warwickshire 42
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 477

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 7
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Birks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Birks family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 400
Coal Miner 29
Crate Maker 18
General Servant 15
Domestic Servant 14
Dress Maker 14
General Labourer 12
Potter 12
Joiner 11
Iron Moulder 10
Labourer 10
No Occupation 8
Potters Transferer 8
Agricultural Labourer 7
Annuitant 6
Carpenter 6
Governess Prof 6
Milliner 6
Carter 6
General Servant Domestic 6
Grocer Assistant 6
Colliery Labourer 6
Grocer 6
Brick Maker 5
Potters Burnisher 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Birks

Name Census Frequency
Mary Birks 963
William Birks 858
John Birks 816
Elizabeth Birks 555
Sarah Birks 527
George Birks 522
Thomas Birks 511
Joseph Birks 314
Samuel Birks 299
Ann Birks 292
Hannah Birks 273
Charles Birks 242
Annie Birks 241
James Birks 229
Henry Birks 214
Alice Birks 197
Eliza Birks 190
Emma Birks 178
Arthur Birks 171
Jane Birks 167
Martha Birks 147
Ellen Birks 146
Frederick Birks 143
Alfred Birks 142
Emily Birks 134

Birks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Brooks 50% 207,747
2 Brookes 43% 48,596
3 Birks 100% 13,371
4 Barks 80% 6,211
5 Burks 80% 4,148
6 Berks 80% 4,037
7 Barkes 67% 2,170
8 Breaks 50% 1,812
9 Brakes 50% 893
10 Barkas 67% 864
11 Burkes 67% 605
12 Barkus 67% 426
13 Birkes 83% 348
14 Brokes 50% 302
15 Broks 60% 222
16 Briks 60% 167
17 Berkes 67% 151
18 Breeks 50% 104

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The surname Birks is the 3rd most popular variant of Brooks.

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